DARK-EYED WOMAN
ON A HOT SUMMER NIGHT
DARK-EYED WOMAN
ARE YOU BURNING TONIGHT
Clear
is the third
studio album
by American rock band
It was released in
September 1969
by Ode Records.
The album was
written largely
in the wake of
Spirit's work
on the soundtrack
to the 1968 film
Model Shop
. Several of the band members
have said that they felt there
wasn't enough time for
developing the album
after releasing
two albums in 1968,
recording a soundtrack
and constantly touring.
The album contains
"So Little Time To Fly",
"Dark Eyed Woman"
and
"New Dope In Town",
as well as
three instrumentals.
Critical reception
Reviewing for
The Village Voice in 1969,
Robert Christgau
called Spirit
"a talented group with guts of cellophane"
and lead vocalist/guitarist
Randy California
"the rock equivalent of the cool,
progressive jazzman
of the '50s".
He commended the album
for focusing the better songs
on side one of the LP,
saying its
"mostly excellent rock"
shows Spirit
"can be very good",
but found songs like
"Ice"
on side two
indicative of how
"incredibly empty"
the band can be as well.
1996 re-release
The original
Ode Records
recording of
Clear
would be later restored by
Sony in 1996.
The second edition
includes both sides of the
"1984"
single,
the song
"Fuller Brush Man"
(which hasn't appeared elsewhere),
and a piece entitled
"Coral",
which is also available
on the
Model Shop soundtrack
but is present here
in an elaborately
produced version.
"Coral"
is a dedication to groupie
Coral Shields,
the 11-year-old sister of
Sable Starr
whom
Randy California
was dating
at the time.
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